Kindergarten

Items in bold exceed Kindergarten State Common Core Standards.

Mathematics (K and 1st grade)

All K Common Core State Standards are met and exceeded

• Possess basic knowledge of calendar
• Count and write numbers to 130
• Count by two, fives, tens, and hundreds
• Distinguish between even and odd numbers
• Add and subtract two digit numbers
• Solve simple word problems and write story problems with a given number sentence using 2-digit numbers
• Identify, count, and write simple dollar amounts
• Tell time by hour, half hour, and five minute intervals
• Identify 2-D and 3-D shapes
• Read and create simple graphs, comparing using proper terms
• Identify fractions of a shape up to sixths
• Divide objects by sharing
• Estimate and measure capacity of containers
• Measuring lengths using inches and centimeters
• Identify place value to hundreds

Religion

• Learn basic prayers
• Experience salvation history through stories and pictures
• Learn about liturgical seasons
• Learn how to properly attend/participate at Mass

Language Arts

• Recognize, match, and print capital and lowercase letters using 3-lined paper
• Master sounds associated with letters and begin blending phonograms into words
• Develop vocabulary appropriate for the K level including selected above-K level
• Develop awareness of book and print
• Begin to use and become familiar with comprehension strategies:  predicting, drawing main idea, comparing, contrasting, and drawing conclusions
• Develop reading readiness skills through phonemic awareness using oral language and print
• Understanding the writing process in full
• Identify and correctly uses part of speech and punctuation with teacher assistance
• Participate in group discussions as a speaker/listener
• Ask and answer questions about a text to confirm understanding

Science

• Become acquainted with the scientific method
• Explain how plants and animals grow, change, and interact with each other and with inanimate objects
• Explain typical weather for each season and use a chart to display daily weather and temperature
• Describe observable physical properties of objects and how they change
• Understand relationship between force and motion

History & Geography

• Discover how our country was founded
• Become familiar with the fifty states
• Locate North America, Illinois, Hawaii, Alaska, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains
• Name the civic holidays
• Become familiar with life of Native Americans

Spanish

• Greetings and socializing
• Understand and respond to Spanish questions
• Vowel sounds
• Pronouns: I, you, he, she
• Giving and following directions
• Colors and numbers
• Intro to writing in Spanish
• Hispanic holidays
• Learn key aspects of the culture of Mexico and Central America

Physical Education

• Develop gross motor skills, flexibility, and fitness
• Develop good sportsmanship

Choir/Music Appreciation

• Develop vocal skills and techniques
• Develop melodic and rhythmic skills
• Describe music by reading, listening, and demonstrating comprehension of music
• Perform a repertoire of Judeo-Christian and traditional songs
• Understand music theory, music symbols and musical instruments

Visual Arts

• Encourage hand/eye coordination
• Use of both fine and large motor skills
• Use of color and line in 2D and 3D work
• Introduction to works of art of many lands

Field Trips

• Students have the opportunity to participate in educational opportunities based on seasons of the year